Football - Archives 2017

Columbia sophomore linebacker Michael Murphy was named the STATS FCS National Defensive Player of the Week, the organization announced on Monday afternoon. The major national media outlet for FCS Football, STATS FCS conducts a weekly FCS poll.

Columbia claimed three of the Ivy League's four weekly football awards as sophomore wide receiver Josh Wainwright was named the Offensive Player of the Week, sophomore linebacker Michael Murphy earned the Defensive Player of the Week award and first-year linebacker Justin Woodley was named the league's Rookie of the Week, the conference announced on Monday afternoon.

The Columbia Football Team returns to the Columbia University South Lawn for a final walk through this afternoon at 5 p.m. Kickoff for Columbia's 73rd annual Homecoming Game on Saturday at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium against Penn is at 1:30 p.m. ET. The game will be televised live on Eleven Sports Network and simulcast on the Ivy League Network.

Sophomore placekicker Oren Milstein was named the Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week, the conference announced on Monday afternoon. Milstein earned the honor for the third time in his career as he was selected for the award on Oct. 10, 2016 and Oct. 24, 2016.

The victory gave Columbia its first 4-0 start to a season since 1996 and its fifth consecutive victory and longest win streak since 1996. The 24-point win also marked Columbia's largest margin of victory since a 28-point win over Princeton (42-14) on Oct. 2, 2010.

When Columbia's 64-player travel roster was informed that the Lions would be conducting its pre-game walk through at a "football field somewhere in New Jersey," no one assumed that it would be at 82,500-seat MetLife Stadium. The Lions were visibly moved and surprised when the team's three buses drove into the Meadowlands and pulled into the MetLife Stadium loading dock.

Columbia (3-0, 1-0 Ivy League) plays its final non-conference game of the 2017 football season when it travels to Marist (3-2, 2-1 Pioneer Football League) for a Saturday, Oct. 7 contest at Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff Field. Kickoff is at Noon ET for Marist's annual Homecoming Game.

From the more than 1.1 million high school football players across the country, Columbia first-year defensive back Blake Wooden is one of five football student-athletes named as a prestigious 2017 National Football Foundation Chapter Scholar-Athlete, the NFF & College Football Hall of Fame announced Wednesday morning. Wooden will be presented with the award during the NFF Chapter Awards Luncheon presented by Under Armour on Tuesday, Dec. 5 in New York City.